The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space

Subjects:

• Science » Aeronautics/Astronomy

Awards:

• Booklist Editor's Choice, 2000
• Science Books & Films Best Books for Children 2000

Reviews:

• An excellent source, worthwhile for all libraries.
  —Choice September 2000
• This book is a highly recommended reference resource.
  —Spaceflight November 2000
• Useful to space buffs and generalists, comprehensive but readable, Bob Zimmerman's Encyclopedia belongs front and center on everyone's bookshelf.
  —Mike Collins, Apollo 11 Astronaut .
• This is a very impressive reference work, and highly recommended for most libraries.
  —E-Streams March/April 2003
• This monumental tome gathers together for the first time in one book a chronological catalog of the past 40 years of space exploration....[S]eemingly every single space mission is included.... There is no comparable source to this volume for its comprehensiveness and conciseness. Every school library should get a copy.
  —SB&F .
• The Chronological Encyclopedia is the product of painstaking research and clearly conveys a sense of how far humans have progressed in their knowledge of space. It is appropriate for high-school age and older students and will prove to be a very useful reference tool for all public, school, and academic libraries as well as special libraries with a science and technology focus.
  —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin .
• ...a valuable reference tool.
  —Today's Librarian .
• The volume proves to be a useful tool in examing the historical significance and impact of space exploration on science as we know it. Its logical and sequential presentation of every launch worldwide would be an asset to teachers trying to put a global face on not just the space race but also on the vast gains in our understanding of the final frontier....Because of the sociological implications, however, I found it well worth the price. In this unusually informative and thorough work, the author gathers into one source the scattered and remote information about space missions...valuable to all collections that need to support space exploration information....Highly recommended. Zimmerman's fact-filled reports, cover virtually every spacecraft or probe to have ventured into the heavens, relate the scientific and technical adventure of space exploration enthusiastically and with authority.
  —NSTA Recommends Web Page The Book Report American Scientist .
• Comprehensive and seemingly exhaustive, this work will prove an asset to any science reference collection.
  —American Reference Books Annual

• Endorsement From Mike Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut: Useful to space buffs and generalists, comprehensive but readable, Bob Zimmerman's Encyclopedia belongs front and center on everyone's bookshelf.
• Endorsement From Ben Bova, science fiction writer: . . . certainly deserves the name of Encyclopedia. It is complete, accurate and vividly interesting.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: Before 1957
• The Chronological Encyclopedia of Discoveries in Space
  1957-59
  1960-69
  1970-79
  1980-89
  1990-99
  
• Appendix 1. Satellites and Missions Listed Alphabetically
• Appendix 2. Satellites and Missions Listed by Subject
• Appendix 3. Satellites and Missions Listed by Nation or Group of Nations
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index